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Robert "Rob" Drummond (born 26 September 1972) is a British linguist and academic. He is the Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Metropoltian University and director of the University's Centre for Creative Writing, English Literature and Linguistics (CELL).

Early life and education
Drummond was born, and grew-up, in Hertfordshire.

In 1995, Drummond earned a degree in American Studies and English from the University of Central Lancashire and later studied at the University of Manchester, earning a Masters in Applied Linguistics in 2003. Drummond also earned his PhD in 2010 from the University of Manchester, where he researched accent acquisition amongst native Polish speakers living in Manchester.

Career
In 2018, he co-authored rob dr

Between 2019 and 2023, Drummond worked on the Manchester Voices project as the project lead. The project aimed to map the lingusitic diversity of accents in the Greater Manchester region and form a database of local accents. In 2022, the project was exhibited in a permenant installation in Manchester Central Library and was made available online.

In October 2023, Drummond released the general audience book You’re All Talk: Why We Are What We Speak, an analysis of accents, accent diversity and accent discrimination.